White Plains Team Secures Unanimous Verdict For Hospital In $10 Million Medical Malpractice Suit

Michael Grady (Partner-White Plains, NY), Siobhainin Funchion (Of Counsel-White Plains) and Lauren Santucci (Associate-White Plains) obtained a unanimous verdict in Dutchess County Supreme Court on behalf of Wilson Elser’s client, a hospital. The plaintiff, 29 years old at the time, alleges our client and the co-defendant emergency room physician failed to recognize signs and symptoms of compartment syndrome of the left arm following a biceps repair procedure by the co-defendant orthopedic surgeon, leading to […]

By | June 20th, 2023 ||

Kamaraju Explains Use Of Classified Info In Trials

Pryor Cashman Partner Sidhardha “Sid” Kamaraju, co-chair of the Regulatory Enforcement + Securities Litigation Practice, spoke with Politico about the rules around classified information and documents in trials.

In “How to hold a public trial when the key evidence is classified,” Sid explains that only certain people can have access to the info:

“Usually when you have cases involving classified information, there’s sort of a small bucket of defense lawyers who handle that because they either already have […]

By | June 19th, 2023 ||

Lawsuit Questions Use Of Carbon Offsets To Substantiate Green Claims

Plaintiffs recently filed a class action lawsuit against Delta, alleging that the airline’s “carbon-neutral” claims, such as: “Carbon Neutral Since March 2020,” and “travel confidently knowing that we will offset the carbon emitted on your Delta flight,” are misleading because they are based on unreliable carbon offsets. The complaint does much more than challenge Delta’s specific claims, though. The plaintiffs claim that “nearly all offsets issued by the voluntary carbon market overpromise and underdeliver […]

By | June 16th, 2023 ||